Potential Effect of Dietary Supplementation of Tannin-Rich Forage on Mitigation of Greenhouse Gas Production, Defaunation and Rumen Function.

This experiment evaluated the effect of including leaves in a high-fiber diet (corn stover), on ruminal degradation kinetics, digestibility, microbial biomass production, and gas, CH, and CO production. Four experimental diets were tested, including a control with 100% corn stover (T1), and three additional diets with corn stover supplemented at 15% leaves (T2), 30% leaves (T3) and 45% of leaves (T4). The highest dry matter in situ degradation ( ≤ 0.

Influence of and aqueous extract on cattle ruminal gas production and degradability .

Introduction: Mitigation of ruminant greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is crucial for more appropriate livestock production. Thus, there is a need of further research evaluating feed supplementation strategies to mitigate enteric GHG emissions and other gases produced within the rumen.

Methods: This study was conducted as a completely randomized experimental design to determine the effectiveness of liquid extracts from (AZI), (CNA), or their combination (Mix.